Australia: Collaboration Grants focuses on Employment for Independent Professional Artists

Deadline: 7-Feb-22

The Government of South Australia is pleased to launch the Collaboration Grants, with a focus on employment for South Australian independent professional artists. It encourages strategic and innovative collaborations across the arts sector to enable risk-taking as well as knowledge and resource sharing.

Funding may be sought for creative development, art making and presentation across art forms, where the primary financial beneficiaries are independent artists and / or small-to-medium arts and cultural organizations

Partnerships may involve independent artists and groups, State Government funded arts and cultural organizations and Statutory Authorities. Applicants may also partner with for-profit arts and cultural organizations and organizations and businesses from outside the arts and culture sector.

Grant activity should promote courageous experimentation while contributing to the sustainability of the arts and culture sector by proposing new ways of working, new outcomes for audiences and employment outcomes for independent artists and production personnel.

Funding Information

Grant Amount: $ 100,000

Eligibility Criteria

• Individuals and groups
  • Applicants must:
    • be professional practicing artists or arts workers / cultural workers
    • be Australian citizens or have permanent resident status
    • live in South Australia six months or more per year.
    • In some cases, employees of South Australian Government funded arts and cultural organizations may be able to apply. Refer to individual grant categories for category-specific eligibility.
    • Please note: Artists and arts workers employed by funded arts and cultural organizations (at least 0.6 FTE) require a financial contribution of a minimum of 30% of total activity cost to be made by the organization if the eligible activity relates to their employment.
    • Individuals and unincorporated South Australian groups may have their grant auspiced by a recognized incorporated body.
• Organizations
  • Generally, applications are accepted from not-for-profit South Australian arts and cultural organizations, including those funded through Arts South Australia, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, the Department for Innovation and Skills and the Department for Education. Local Government and state government agencies and for-profit arts and cultural organizations are eligible applicants in some grant categories.
  • Refer to individual grant categories for category-specific eligibility.
  • Individuals and unincorporated South Australian groups may have their grant auspiced by a recognized incorporated body.
• Individuals, groups and organizations
  • Your application will be ineligible if:
    • you have an outstanding acquittal for a previous grant
    • your organization is insolvent or under administration
    • funded activity starts or has been completed before the funded activity commencement date
    • projects or activities do not have a clear arts or cultural component.

Assessment Criteria

• Artistic Merit
  • innovation, originality, quality, creativity and ambition
  • the track record, creative achievement and skill of the artist or artists involved
  • the context in which the work is being undertaken
  • the potential contribution to the development of the art form
  • evidence of experimentation, risk taking and bravery.
• Viability
  • the planning and resources required to achieve the potential of the proposal
  • the ability of the applicant to meet the logistical challenges of the proposal
  • evidence of strong financial and operational management, including a realistic budget and timeline
  • evidence of additional resources and support, including other sources of income
  • in-kind contributions.
• Commitment
  • the potential to grow audiences and their critical understanding of the art form
  • the development of new markets, locally, nationally and / or internationally
  • the development of new ways to engage with those markets
  • the potential to provide a broader range of people with opportunities to participate in arts experiences through strategies that increase access, social inclusion and cultural diversity
  • evidence of deeper engagement with, and the involvement of, particular communities and / or audiences and the delivery of artistic benefits to them.
• Impact
  • the extent to which the activity aligns with and contributes to community recovery
  • strength of employment outcomes for professional practicing artists.

For more information, visit https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/arts-and-culture/covid-fund/collaboration-grants